PRAYER
The most important action we can take during this crisis is to turn our hearts and our minds toward the Lord in prayer. We have a number of resources for guided prayer and opportunities to pray together.
PRAYER
The most important action we can take during this crisis is to turn our hearts and our minds toward the Lord in prayer. We have a number of resources for guided prayer and opportunities to pray together.
A Call to Prayer
From the Session of Greenwich Presbyterian Church
May 5, 2020
The Session has unanimously endorsed to call the Greenwich church family to a season of prayer through the end of the summer. Periodically, the elders have called the church family to prayer during times of significant decision making and sacrifice, seeking God’s purposes through times of study and focused prayer efforts.
The elders believe we are in such a season again as we face the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges we face as a church family and as citizens of our local community, country, and world. To that end, we are providing this daily prayer guide as well as hosting regular prayer gatherings.
Sunday: Life of Greenwich
Monday: Healing & Suffering
Tuesday: Leaders & Influencers
Wednesday: Protection for the Most Vulnerable
Thursday: Faithful Discipleship
Friday: Frontline Workers in Healthcare & Essential Services
Saturday: Other Effects of the Pandemic
Do you need prayer?
To request prayer for a specific need or to join our prayer team, send a message to:
“Be joyful always;
pray continually;
give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God’s will for you
in Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Pray for Our Mission Partners
Give me, O Lord, a steadfast heart
which no unworthy affection may drag downwards.
Give me an unconquered heart
which no tribulation can wear out.
Give me an upright heart
which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside.
Bestow on me also, O Lord my God,
understanding to know you, diligence to seek you,
wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness
that may finally embrace you,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the Gift of Healing and Life
Adapted from a prayer by Friar Edward Hays
Lord of life,
We are grateful for the wholesomeness of life
And for the gift of good health.
Aware of the unity of body and spirit,
We affirm our constant need for their harmony
If we are to enjoy true health.
We are grateful for the marvels of medicine,
For doctors and nurses and aides, and those who now seek
To unlock the mysteries of the coronavirus,
And for all those who possess a healing touch,
And practice the art of healing.
We are thankful for the way in which
Our own bodies work to constantly heal themselves,
Restoring us to the state of health.
We acknowledge that we have been healed
Of depression and gloom,
By laughter and affection,
Healed of inner-injury by the medicine of forgiveness,
And for these times we are grateful as well.
We thank You for the ways
That beautiful music and silence heal our ears,
For the ways that color and form heal our eyes
And for how the magic medicine of make-believe
Binds up the wounds of our broken dreams.
As we rejoice in Your gift of health,
May we be ever-mindful of your children
Wo are steeped in sickness, that strange
Part of the divine mystery of salvation.
We thank You for the presence in our lives
Of Your Son, Jesus,
Who moved among us as both teacher and healer.
In the ancient tradition of the prophets,
He heralded and also healed—
Both body and spirit—
In Your Sacred Name.
Blessed are You, Lord our God,
Who heals us and restores us to life.
Praying the Psalms
Many in our church family use the Psalms & Proverbs as a guide to daily prayer (see below). To learn more, check out our Pastors Class on Praying the Psalms.